1943 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1943 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football Independent 5–1 Rex Enright 1st Sanford Stadium The 1943 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football team represented the United States Navy pre-flight aviation training school at the University of Georgia during the 1943 college football season. The team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 183 to 105.1943 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2018 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia-pre-flight/1943-schedule.html In July 1943, Lieutenant Rex Enright was assigned as the team's head coach.Rex Enright Named Coach of Georgia Navy Gridders Ashville Citizen-Times July 11, 1943 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17846616/asheville_citizentimes/ Newspapers.com His assistant coaches included Andy Pilney, Bud Kerr, and George T. Barclay.Coach Rex Enright Names Aides for Navy Pre-Flight Grid Team The Greenville News August 15, 1943 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17846509/the_greenville_news/ Newspapers.com Players included Pat Harder (Wisconsin), Steve Filipowicz (Fordham), Fuller Brooks, Warren Tiller, Carl Nolte, Zealand Thigpen, Tom Averitt, Wally Moesmer, Jim Randall, Carl Dreisbach, H. C. Byars, Jim Shepard, and Oscar Hoequist. Harder was named as a second-team player on the 1943 All-Service football team.1943 Service All-America Waterloo Daily Courier December 10, 1943 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17763541/1943_service_allamerica/ Newspapers.com In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Georgia Pre-Flight ranked 40th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 85.7.Litkenhous E. E. Edward E. Litkenhous Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122968858/ The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, Utah December 17, 1943 18 April 16, 2023 Newspapers.com Schedule y y October 2 Daniel Field Sanford Stadium Athens, GA W 19-13 5,000 Augusta Fliers To Meet Skycracker '11' Tonight https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/123074418/ The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia October 2, 1943 9 April 17, 2023 Newspapers.com Williams F. M. Skycracker Rally Beats Daniel Field Fliers, 19-13 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/123074323/ The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia October 3, 1943 12C April 17, 2023 Newspapers.com Georgia Preflight Tips Daniel Field, 19-13 The Salt Lake Tribune October 4, 1943 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17842554/georgia_preflight_tips_daniel_field/ Newspapers.com October 9 at Georgia Tech Grant Field Atlanta, GA L 7-35 12,000 Georgia Tech Engineers Give Navy Pre-Flight Fancy Licking The Times (Shreveport) October 10, 1943 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17843582/georgia_tech_engineers_give_navy/ Newspapers.com October 17 1943 Newberry Indians Newberry Sanford Stadium Athens, GA W 53-0 10,000 Georgia Preflight's Famed Stars Smash Newberry, 53-0 The Greenville News October 18, 1943 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17842668/georgia_preflights_famed_stars_smash/ Newspapers.com October 23 at North Carolina Pre-Flight Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC W 20-7 5,000 Georgia Sailors Rip Cloudbusters The Greenville News October 24, 1943 20 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17843720/georgia_sailors_rip_cloudbusters/ Newspapers.com October 30 at Tulane Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA W 14-13 18,000 Tulane Misses Try for Point and Loses to Georgia Sailors The Shreveport Times October 31, 1943 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17843193/tulane_misses_try_for_point_and_loses/ Newspapers.com November 13 vs. Clemson Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC W 32-6 4,500 Georgia Preflighters Overpower Clemson, 32-6 The Greenville News Scoop Latimer November 14, 1943 8B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17843029/georgia_preflighters_overpower_clemson/ Newspapers.com Daye John 2014 Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football Haworth, New Jersey St. Johann Press 144 978-1-937943-21-9 References Georgia Pre-Flight Category:Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football seasons Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football